Improvement in fences



UNITEDJ STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IMPROVEMENT IN FENCES.

Specification forming part ot' Letters Patent No. 40,253. dated October` 13, 1613. l

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that l, ABRAM FANCKBONER,

' of Schoolciaft, in the county otl Kalamazoo avid State ot' Michigan, have invented new anduset'ul Improvements in Field-Fences; and I do hereby declare that the following is at'ull and complete description ot' the construction and operation ot the same, reference being htd to the accompanying drawings, making p nrt of this specitication, in which- Figure 1 is a side view, and Figs. 2 and 3 are end views.

Like letters refer to like paris.

In Fig. 1, A A A A represent the rails. These consist of boa-rds of suitable length, width, and thickness. Any number may be used. Four or live will answer in most cases. The ends ot' the rails are secured together by having an upright batten upon each side, which pieces are shown at B B, and these are nailed or otherwise secured to the rails. The middle of each panel is provided with battens C C', one ot' which is secured to one side of the panel, and the other to the opposite side, leaving a space of about tive or six inches between them. At D is shown a short hatten secured to the iirst and second boards at the top of the panel at the distance of about three inches from t-heend piece,B. Two panels are secured together by means of a short stud or arm, (shown at E,) which is passed in between the two pieces B, and secured to one panel by nailing and to the other by a pin, E. These pieces a-re placed both at top and bottom. In this manner any number ot' panels can be joined end to end. The felice thus formed is supported in an upright position b v nie-ans ot' stakes or braces F F and G G. The braces F F cross each other between the battens C C at such an angle as to press firmly against the lower edge ofthe top rail and the upper edge ot' the second rail, as shown in Fig. 3. These sta-kes are driven into the ground, as indicated by the dotted lines shown in Fig. 3. A cross'piece, H, notched in the middle to iit the upper edge ofthe bottom boa rd ofthe panel, to prevent the bottom of the fence from moving out of line. The stakes G G pass down obliquely in opposite directions at the ends of their respective panels. All the stakes are made of suicient length to admit of their being driven into the ground two or three times, as thev decay at the lower end, where they .are exposed to moisture from the ground.

This fence can be taken apart by removing the stakes from the ground and the pin E from the arm E.

What 1 claim as my improvement, and desire to secure b y Letters Patent, is-

'lhe rails A, battens B, C, and D, in combination with the arms E and stakes F F and G G', the several parts being constructed and arranged as and for the purpose specified.

ABRAM FANCKBONER.

Witnesses GEORGE NEsBI'r'r, ELLEN M. NEsBri'r. 

